6:18 PM,
Oct. 20, 2013

Investors started listening to Bob Bechtold when he discussed dollars and cents, instead of environmental benefits of plant upgrades.

Written by

Jinelle Shengulette

More businesses than ever are aware of their impact on the environment, but for Bob Bechtold of Harbec, sustainability is nothing new.

"For whatever reason, it seems like I was born with an insatiable awe of wind and solar - the ability to fly kites and do wood-burning with a magnifying glass, and all those kinds of things that I never grew up and out of," said the president and founder of the precision custom molder, moldmaker and model shop in Ontario, Wayne County. "I've had a great deal of passion, since I can remember, for renewable energy."